Local federal workers 'relieved' shutdown over, glad to be back on job

They'll receive 16 days' back pay

1:28 AM,
Oct. 18, 2013

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Tori Jones breathed a sigh of relief along with other federal employees with the end of the federal shutdown and the promise of future paychecks.

Jones, a legal assistant at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Alabama, is one of the many federal workers who have remained on the job without being paid during the federal shutdown.

The single mother said she has struggled to pay bills during the government shutdown and was glad to know that it won't drag on any longer. ...